Sporting-shoe



D. I. GOLDEN.

SPORTING SHOE.

7 APPLICATION FILED JUNE I4, I92].

1,392,142, PatentedSept. 27, 1921.

INVENTIIIR AT T DHNEYS ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

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Beit knownethat I, DANIEL J. GOLDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sporting- Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to welt shoes and has for its object to provide means for securely mountin upon a art corresponding to the outer so e thereo (said part bein hereinafter referred to as the middle 501e,?

an elastic outersole constituting the tread portion of the shoe.

The invention is embodied in the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

' Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a partially completed welt shoe, constructed in accordance wlth my, invention, the middle and outer soles being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the middle sole.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, showing'the completed shoe including the outer sole.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View, showing ing. strip.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the insole, 13 the upper, let thewelt, and 15 the usual inseam stitches uniting the upper and welt to the inner sole.

16 represents a casing stri of suitably strong and flexible sheet material, preferably 40' canvas, coextensive with the welt, and superimposed thereon. The casing strip' is wider than the welt, and its outer edge projects a different arrangement of the cas- I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 27, 1921; Application filed June 14, 1921. Serial Ito. 477,379. I I

edge substantially coinciding with the inner edge of the welt, and the arrangement being such that the inseam stitches 15 pass through the casing strip, so that the inner sole, upper, welt, and easing strip are united by the inseam stitches.

. After the described union is effected, I apply what I call-a middle sole 17, and unite the same to the welt by fastenings 18, which may be the usual outseam stitches of a welt shoe, or any other suitable fastenings, said fastenings preferably engaging the casing stri The middle sole is preferably of leat er, and a suitable filler 19 is preferably interposed between it and the inner sole..

20 represents an elastic outer sole of rub-.

The described shoe is particularly adapted for use by basket-ball players.

I claim: V A shoe of the character s ted, comprising an inner sole, an upper, a It, a flexible casing strip, said parts being united by inseam stitches, a middle sole united to the welt, and an elastic outer sole cemented to the outer face of the middle sole andto a portion of the confining strip, said strip bemg wider than the welt, and its outer edge portion being formed and arranged to coverthe margins of the middle and outer soles.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

DANIEL J. GOLDEN. 

